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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10

Tho State auditors official estimate of
the revenues and expenditures for the
current year shows an anticipated surplus
In the State treasury on january Ist next
Of Se4, 7s2.ss.
Tho time has arrived whom the legisla-
ture cannot well postpone longer one of
two thinas-the erection of new State
house, or of q fre-proof library building.
Both measures are now under oonsidera-
ton.
An architect has been employed to pre-
pare plans for such library building, to
occupy portion Of the site to the south
Of the State house known aa the oldJump
property. He has submitted to the legis-
latiye committee one set of drawings, con-
templafing a building, of brick and stone
exterior and iron interior, with front Of
so feet and depth of ga feet, two stories
In hight and having capacity Of some
thing over SO, 600 volumes. This appar
entity inadequate capacity is, in itself
no great objection as, when the need FOL
enlargement comes, such building coult
be extended rearward to anyrequired dis
tanoe, the building site running bacl
several hundred feet. But the extent o
be front was disapproved by the com
ittee, because Of its encroachment OF
Nd that may be wanted at som
s.a, ,a.v stata hataa. an,
...Shitect has been directed t5prepar
new plans. r
The estimated cost of this propose
library is in the neighborhood of $40, 00t
1t Is reasonable to estimate the cost of th
alterations to the old State-house rel
dered necessary by tearing out the hbrar
and making the other changes that wi
be absolutely required at at least $40, o.
more-probably $4,000. Here we ha7
$4,000. Would it not be wiser 70 pl
that money into such new .State-hous
including library within itself, as o.
Wilmington courthouse is standing 81
dence could be built for 100000?
The argument in favor of this pieC
meal way Of doing things is that the 81
plus income Of the year will pay for q
work. Let us rather take two or thr
years income and put up a creditat
State-house at once. It will have to
done in the near future; why not beg
now and sink no more money in half "
measures of temporary expediency9
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10

The Rev. 4. Dewitt Talmage is we'll
known for what some of the newspapers
have called his eloquent legs" and it
has been said that the circus OF his
church is more exciting than than the
ordinary show because Mr.. Talmage goes
through his athletic feats in the pulpit
without the use of suspended net to
catch him il he falls. Still in his senFa-
tional way he manages to send home
| valuable truths. There is evidently the
spirit of the sportsman in him, who en-
joys nothing more than beating the
record. Sunday, for example, he re-
csiyed LAB new members into his church
the second instalment of converts
from the revival he has been con
Quoting, making the total membership
4,045. Over the platform hung an i'm
mense floral piece with the text in yellow
flowers; Il believe in the communion
Of saints" and under it the figure
, "4,045," While hymn was being suns
: the proposed members were requested Il
] step into the aisle, or wherever they coulC
. get, standing in single file, and thu
4 officers of the church we're asked to &C
as marshals. This having been accom-
a plished, DR.. Talmsge walked along tn
3 line, shaking the hand of each Of the ID
. and giving each a hearty welcome. Il
preached from the texts -Four thousan
9 praised the Lord" and "This day sha
Q be unto thee for memorial"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10

Professor Humphry, y. RS, in an article |
reprinted by the Pcpulw, Science Monthly
from the British Medical Jossrnal,
treats Of "The habits and Family
History of Oentensrians. Tho pro
fessor is an experienced and Jealous
student in the domain Of biology,
whose researches have earned him
the right to speak with authority. he has
made inquiry concerning 81 persons who
have reached ages ranging between 100
and los years, and be gives in this article
a summary Of the replies to his inquiries
and discussion of their points Of
agreement and variance. Among
these 50 centenarlans the women
preponderate, SO to 10, which Is,
the professor says, " obviously,
in gIea, measure, to be attributed 10 the
comparative immunity of the woman
from the exposures and risks to which
man is subjected, AZ we'll as 10
her greater temperance in eating
and drinking aud her greater
! freedom from the anxieties attendant
, upon the worlds labor and business f"
: OF these SO women who lived to turn a
century, 80 had been married and IL had
had large families. Eight of the rs were
married before the age of 20, one of them
at 10 and two at II years. Most singular
y although the majority Of the professor
: centenarians were toothless, three of th'
:, women retained complete sets of teeth
4 fourth had II teeth, one man had 2.
and nnother 16 teeth. Only four out o
; So had adopted artificial teeth. tn
h investigation showed notable recoE
u cries from illness and injuries Q
l. a great age--one of the subjects fractui
n ing q thigh bone when 10l years old an
is yet so far recovering as to go oncrutcheI
ID Among the life habits of these old peopl'
re activity, out.of-door exercise and earl
rising, with moderation in diet, especial
ID in the use nj meAtt, md in the use of ale
y. holic stimulants, stand out-ip strong +
ne lief and are regarded by the professor
n evidently among the important facto
~ in longevity" And he finds that the fl
III exercise of the various powers, mental al
w bodily, is not merely compatible wit
We but is conducive to great age that st
ut harmonious development of the man
&c. sided aspects of man is conducive
ur health and the prolongation of life" Al
Vi that there need be no fear of enteri
heartily and actively into the assign
&C. work of life, physical or mental.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10


Pertinent to the pending discussion Of
city sewerage. the GAZETTE has re-
ceived an extract from the Dubuque
iowa, Times, where the same subject has
been agitated for the past fifteen years or
more and "the city has expended hun
dreds, if not thousands of dollars to fee
experts in deyising the best plan to be
adopted The Memphis system, planned
by Colonel Warning, has been talked up,
it seems, in Dubuque and Chicago with
as much vehemence as it has been here,
aud the Times notes that the Illinois Gen.
trail Railway Company has placed palace
car at the disposal of the city fathers for
trip TO Memphis to examine the work
ings of the system. The Times then goes
on to say:
1t seems that Chicago rs all at sea III re.
lation to the althiness Of the Chicago riyel
and the sewerage system, and 10 order Il
ascertain, from actual observation and In
vestigation, the working and condition O
the Memphis system Tribune eOrrespon
dent has been "on the spot" for some tim,
and writes his views, declaring that thu
failure.
On the heels Of this comes to zig III
report Of DR.. Thornton Of the Memphi
board Of health, In which the appallin
death-rats of that ill-starred city Is a
tributed to the sewerage system In us
there, SO the CHASTITY talk OF death trap
sewer gas, insidious air poisons, typhoi
saturated waters, death, and percentage
mortuary reports have become the then
OF conversation and opinion on this suhieC
1t Ia probable that II the health report
Memphis had been deferred awhile the
would have been little or no opposite
here to the scheme OF the sewerage col
pany, but the ventilation Of the paipab
fact that stands out 80 glaringly In the Il
rible death-rate of Memphis, has alarm
and frightened everybody who is interest
In the matter.
Summing up the objections, they amou
to wit: II sewerage is confined as pi
posed, and disposed OF In pipe reserved
the concentration Of sewer-gas will beech
a very dangerous and poisonous element
the houses OF this city. The traps II
would be used are really traps, for, 1t N
ters not how carefully they are made a
cared for, they cannot and do not prev
the presence of the insilious ether
poison OF sewer-gas from occurring In
nlacas 40 traDped,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10

The origin Of the Nidiletown fire is
thoroughly discussed in that place. A
peculiar fact is that the furniture in the
Comegys house could not be seen dur
ing the fire, and admitting that the flames
started in the interior Of the house, and
burned the contents before the structure
itself WAS noticed to be on FIRE, surely
some remnants of the effects would be
left, but after careful searching nothing
could be found, Tue impression is that
the house WAS robbed aud then fred, as
lady saw two men hurrying away from
the fire, which looked very suspectable
at the time. A gentleman living several
miles from Middletown, saw the light
about 8 o'clock in the morning anG
started for the above town. On his way
he met strange team loaded with house
hold goods. 1t may be unjust TO suspect
the latter parties, Us it may only have
been farmer moving. That the fire wa
the work of an ineendiary is, however
generally believed.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10

The occult sciences have probably
never received so much intelligent atten-
ton as now and the work Of Bishop, the |
mind-reader, on Saturday afternoon, was |
exceptionally interesting. he determined
to make one great attempt to defeat all |
his imitators. About 400 persons
gathered in the ladies' parlor of the
Hoffman House, New York, Justin
Mccarthy, Thomas W. Knox and H. G.
Bunner icing among those present. Asan
object 20 be hidden Mrs. Frank Leslie
gave to Henry Guy Carleton brooch
containing miniature set of brilliants.
The committee was then requested to go
down to carriage in waiting, drive sew
eral blocks in strict silence and then
jointly decide upon place to hide the
object, said place to be anywhere within
q radius of one mile from the Hoff-
man House. Finally the brooch
was placed under a bronze vase
on mantel on the south side
of the parlor of the Gramercy Park Hotel.
Then the committee drove back to the
Hoffman House. After looking into the
eyes of the committee, Mr.. Bishop guided
pencil to Gyamercy Park on the map of
New York This he did with three ont Of
the four. The New York World says
''Then came the final hustle of prepare
iion. MIR. Bishop stated that he had oni.
gone through these Typographical exer
cises in order to show the audience Their
was no collision. He then requested
DR.. Hoyt to blindfold him again. A stril
of cotton-batting was stretched across hi
forehead and o handkerchief tied owe
that, but there was still downward spac
left for Mr.. Bishops eyes. Then blac
cap of thin cashmere was placed over hi
head. Meantime the committee had bee
joined together by piace of No. Is COZ
per wire, the end of which Mr.. Bisho
held in his hand. Next him came Dl
Hoyt, then Mr.. Carleton, Colonel Kno
bringing up the impressive rear Nj
Bunner was left behind towIitea deseriE
ton of the locality where the object we
hidden on piece of paper, which wa
enyeloped and sealed" The crowd GU
side the hotel was very large. Mr.. Bisho
drove Grameroy Park and went
,siect. This is the Worlds explain
.g. Sn 81. Mr.. Bishop locates the positic
of the house on the map by the aid
good subjects on his committee. 2.
can see we'll enough under the bandai
and through the cap to drive. He Civ
evidence of his ability to see by Il
movements Of his head. 8. Arriving ne
the house he locates it exactly by keepil
taut wire between himself and his be
subject. 4. In the house he takes I
hand of said best subject and finds t
object"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10

The next Senate will be composed Of
3S Republicans, SO Democrats, Mr.. Rid
-dleberger and Mr.. Blodgett. The gentle
man from New Jersey is supposed to be a
Democrat, but his party in that state GER
,tainly has no claims on him, while there
Is no foretelling what Riddleberger may
or may not do.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10
oURRENT LITKRATURE.

HARpER's YouNa PEOPLE Of March LIST has,
besides other interesting matter, good
story by Howard Pyle, entitled "Bearskin. !"
with head-piece and four Illustrations that
are characteristic of the artist. The story
has fair princess, dragon and a wonder
full she-bear.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10

By the lapse Of the legal time without
disapproyal the Trada Dollar hill has ha-
come a law without the Presidents sigma
ture and the repre- sch That the nation dis
honors the coinage OF its own mint has
tardily ceased to live except in memory.
The redemption law is Objectionable to
the extent that it may increase the sur
plus silver coinage, but it was accepted
by Congress as the best measure that
could be passed. 1t directs the treasurer
| or any assistant treasurer of the United
| States to receive, for the next six
months, all trade dollars, not defaced,
INITIATED or stamped, that may be pre-
scented, in exchange for standard silver
dollars or subsidiary coins. The trade
dollars so redeemed shall be transmitted
I'd the mints and recoiued into standard
dollars or subsidiary coin, provided
that the trade dollars so received shall
not be counted as part of the silver bull
lion required to be purchased and coinet
into standard dollars as required by tn,
act of February, 1872 President Cleve
land doubtless avoided signing this bill
for reasons satisfactory to himself, but h
could surely have afforded to lay tn
burden of this proyiso on the inhationist
and, approving the bill upon its merits q
whole, say Il have done my part i
wiping out this stain Of Republication"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10

corrects Offensive odors OF once. Complete cure
Of worst chronic cnsee also unequAlDd a
gArgis for diphthsriA, soFs throat. foul breath.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10
RnuaH ON RATs,,


Clears out rats, mice, reaches, dies, ants, bed
pugs, beetles, insects, skunks, jack rabbits,
spaffoWs, gophers- 1bc. At druggists.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10

Have you noticed what
we've been doing with Rubber
goods? Not so much more
space but more stuff. You're
not likely to ask for what we
haven't got in Rubber things.
Some of the cheapest gossa-
mers have no rubber about
them. We sell cheap gossa-
mers-men's, women's, misses
and boys, $3.50 to $3.50
but not the cheap-in-value mo-
rubber kind. Good rubber
in our cheapest, but not pure.
Even the film of silvery, frosty
rubber over the higher cost
garments is not perfectly pure.
Serves its purpose better not
to be. Picking out and pick
ing out has broken the sizes
Of some of the best of these
goods That's why you may
have So circulars for 60; $40
raglans for $3.50 or mems
$40 coats for So.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10

Among the members Of the national
Legislature whose official terms expired
Friday is the lovesick Senator Jonea Of
Florida. Mr.. Jones can now take up his
abode permanently in Detroit, II he
chooses. After Friday he has no pull on
the public treasury, contamination
Jones' fellow-oitizens Of the state he has
not represented will be particularly abls
to appreciate. The governor of Floridt
has appointed General J. J. Finley to oil
the chair so seldom used by Jones.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10

Has City Council or the levy court is-
sued inssruetions to their committees on
legislation TO protest before the General
Assembly against the passage Of the
pending Standard Oil bilif II not, they
should do so promptly, for these bodies
must be aware this bill contenplsies, In
an aggravated degree, the highly objee-
tionable independent Jurisdiction over
the streets, lanAs and alleys Of this
city that was very properly opposed
by the Council committee in The
renewal Of the Wilmington Coal Ga'
0ompany's charter, and the equally OBJ
jsctionable independent Jurisdiction oyel
county roads, bridges and tsnements ths
should have bean opposed by the lev,
court. Only the continuance of suoh In
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10

The English top-coats of
diagonal cashmere, silk-faced
to the edge are very stylish
for Spring wear, $3.50. So
are the cheviots at SIS and
$40. You expect garments
made of such goods to be well
cut and well finished; the sur
prise is when the well-wearing
$3.50 blueand diagonal Spring
overcoat is found also to be
neat and dressy. A rare coat
for the money.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10

Some Of you ask for "Sam.
Piles Of Spring Goods" a
bushel basket wouldn't hold
them. Be definite. If we
know the price and whether
the goods are wanted for
young or old. and for what
use, we can select intelligently.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10

Table and piano Covers.
The unexpected often hap
pens. We didn't think to
have such goods again at the
January Sale prices. A spe-
cial lot came in sight and we
snapped it up. Raw Silk,
Tapestry, Velour, Cloth, Jute.
China Grass, at two-thirds and
three quarters of our own
regular prices-at half and
two thirds of what you might
pay elsewhere-75 cents to
$75.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10

Said a dealer wise in silks
III wanted to give my wife
a dress Id take the Cache
mire Marguerite, >" Genoa
black silk. S>ft, pliable. don't
crack, cut, turn gray or wear
shiny; satin faced and not
heavily dye-weighted. That's
what the maker says. Much
to say of any silk, but the
"Cachemire Marguerite" de-
serves it. A wonderful silk
for the price-$I to ga; more
wonderful than we care to say.
for If you don't know silk
values you might think we'd
been misled.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10

It's the little things that
make life a burden or a
pleasure. Trip over the han
die Of a carpet-sweeper or jam
the wall with it and there's a
fret-wrinkle started. The ham
die of the Wanamaker
Sweeper stands up wherever
you leave it. It's a sweeper
that sucks in the dust and
dirt and never bruises fur
niture. $3.
JoHN WANAMAkER.
chestnut, Thirtseutn and Market streets
| and rNfy.hsII anl1aFa
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10

We are opening beautiful
sheeting. pillow case and
underwear linen every day.
Among the sheetings the ex-
quisitely soft Flemish in all
grades, M yards wide, 6s
cents to $r.ss. And the finer
Irish pearl whites, $I.ao to 81.
Don't Judge our linens by
the price-in many cases APP
preaching that Of cotton. It's
the way we buy that let's us
sell so cheaply-cheaper in
some cases than stay-at-home
dealers can get the goods for
at wholesale. Take floor lin
ems for instance. All Barns
leys. the best that can be had;
but our prices are often less
than the elsewhere prices Of
inferior makes. We sch niles
! and miles Of floor linens every
Z | season.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10

You can see the Spring hat
styles now. Early, but the
spring is likely to be early.
Not much change in shapes; a
little narrower in the brim; a
little lower in the crown
some of them--may be a
slight deepening OF a curve
here or there. That's all. II
you wish the advantage of an
early purchase safe to go
ahead now. Silk hats, 81 to
81, SO; Derby, 81 to "a.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10

Chestnut, Th!ttsauth and Market streets
and C'ty-bsli nnuAra
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10

Dover. March House met at 1l.30
o'clock.
Mr.. Ware presented petition with about
100 names attached, asking for the pas
sage OF the House bills sin relation to ex-
emptions" and "in relation to the insurance
Of employees Of corporations" two similar
petitions with some 40 and 100 names, re-
spectively; and petition, signed by some
900 persons, asking for the passage Of an
act calling a constitutional convention to
deal with district representation, abolition
Of life tenures and freehold qualification, re-
OF all county officers, registry law, a more
thorough assessment system, compulsory
education, publication Of the ballot, &c.
Mr.. McCabe presented petitions In rela-
ton to repair OF roads and for the passage
Of two pending Baltimore hundred road
bills.
Mr.. Harrington presented remonstranct
| against q new road known as the Rosa
road.
Notice was givenof the following bills-By
Mr.. Ware, to incorporate the Equitable
| Real Estate Association to provide for tn,
/ more general use of telephones; to incor
\ porate Friendship Conelave, No. l, of Hep
tasophs; to prevent the aiding and harbor
ing Of boys escaping from the Ferris Reform
School; by Mr.. Dasey, supplement to |
Dagsborough and Gumborough road act
Lodge, a. F. A. M. of Georgetown.
Read d first time-Senate bill for a ney
road In Nanticoke.
Read by title and referred-House bills b
incorporate Cyrus Castle, X. G.. E.. in re
lation to the harbor master Of Wilmington
to authorize district 119, Kent county, I
borrow money; TO encourage the improve
ment OF roads In New Castle county to In
corporate Fenwick's Island Beach Gom
| pany. Senate hill TO divorce Anna NJ froE
John N. Lloyd.
Mr.. Harrington's Constitutional Conver
ton bill was also read by title and reierre
to the committee on constitutional reform
and a motion Of that gentleman to add tw
additional members to said committee We
adopted.
Adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
House reassembled ct 9 O'Clock.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10

Senate reassembled at 3 O'CLOCK.
Read a first time-On motion OF MT.
Dorman, an act to lay out road In Cedar
Greek hundred, Sussex county; on motion
OF Mr.. Dorman, House bill to amend the
charter OF the Milford armory; on motion
OF Mr.. Martin, an act to lay out new road
In North West Fork hundred, Sussex county.
On motion OF Mr.. McWhorter the Primary
Election bill was made special order for
Tuesday at 5 o'clock.
Adjourned,